Whipped Cream Ingredients

Prep

Making the Crust

Mix crust ingredients together. Press into the bottom of your spring-form pan. Tip: A heavy glass with a flat bottom or similar helps.

Bake for 5 minutes at 350. Set aside.

Making the Filling

Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla in large bowl, mix until smooth with an electric mixer.

Add pumpkin, eggs, and spices, to the cream cheese mixture and beat until smooth and creamy.

Baking

This is the most tricky step. It is very easy to overcook a cheesecake. You can tell that your cheesecake is done baking when the sides have set up but the center is still wobbly and wet in appearance. Overcooking will cause ugly cracking and may affect the texture of your cheesecake.

Pour cream cheese mixture into pan and bake at 350°.

50-60 minutes for a 8″ spring-form pan.

30-40 minutes for a 9″ spring-form pan.

After about half way through keep a close eye to make sure you don’t overcook.

Directions

Put the potatoes in a large baking dish along with the rest of the vegetables. Pour the marinade over and toss until the veggies are evenly coated. Cover and set in the refrigerator to marinate for about an hour.

Bake, covered, for about 35 minutes at 375. Remove lid and bake for another 10-15 minutes, until the vegetables are completely tender. Serve over couscous.

Ingredients

2 C Milk

1 Cinnamon Stick

Rind of 1 Lemon

1 t Vanilla Extract

4 Egg Yolks

1 T Cornstarch

3/4 C Sugar

In a double boiler, bring the milk, the cinnamon stick, lemon rind, and vanilla extract to a boil. Simmer for several minutes the discard the cinnamon stick and lemon rind. Set the flavored milk aside.

In a bowl, whisk the egg yolks, cornstarch, and sugar until the mixture is creamy. Gradually pour this mixture into the saucepan with the milk, mixing continuously.

Slowly heat the mixture until it begins to thicken. Do not let boil.

Portion into cups and refrigerate for at least 3 hours.

Sprinkle the top with a thin layer of sugar. Using a torch, caramelize the sugar being careful not to scorch.